Baling-press.



No.- "725,958. PATENTBD APR. 21, 1903.

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BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28. 1902.

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No. 725,958. PATENTEDAPB. 21, 1903. w

- 0. E. HARDIE.

BALING PRESS.

- APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1902.

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"Nrrsn STATES PATENT OFFI E.

CHARLES E. HARDIE, OF CHICO, CALIFORNIA.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,958, dated. April21, 1903.

Application filed November 28, 1902. Serial No. 132,997. (No model.)

To add whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HARDIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chico, county of Butte, State of California,

ing a plurality of followers operating successively by an endlesscarrier.

It consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts,as hereinafter more fully described, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, in partialsection, of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of same.

Arepresents asuitable framework upon which the horizontal press-box 2 ismounted.

3 is the baling-chamber, located at one end of the box, adapted to beclosed by the door 4. The opposite end of the box is open. Door 4 ishinged at the top and is locked when closed by means of the pivoted bars5, carried by the door and having their lower ends beveled and adaptedto engage a keeper 6 on the frame A and their upper ends to engage thenotched keepers 7 on the press-box.

Material is fed into the top of the box through an opening rearward ofchamber '3 and extending the greater portion of the length of the box.This opening is closable by the oppositely-opening doors 8, hinged tothe sides of the box.

The feed-opening is large enough to admit a charge direct from thederrick-fork sufficient to form a halo.

The doors 8 are held closed by the following means: 'One of the doorscarries a series of cross-bars 9, which have their rear ends slotted toform guides 10, engaging the vertical standards or braces 11 on one sideof the press-box. The other ends of the cross-bars are adapted to extendover the opposite door and to rest on top of the braces 11 on the otherside of the box. A strap 12 is hinged to the first-mentioned braces andis locked to those on the opposite side by suitable means, as a hasp andhook 13. The straps are slidprotruding ends 16.

be one or more, according to the size of the press, are provided withbifurcated end extensions 16, which project through and are guided inslots 17 in the sides of the pressbox. The extensions 16 are secured tothe chains 18, which pass over sprockets 19, disposed at each end of thepress. The braces 11 are notched, as at 20, to form suitablepassage-ways and'guides for'the chains and the The latter have suitableperforations to-receive the sprocket-teeth and accommodate the followerswhere they pass around eitherof the sprockets.

In operation a charge is dropped by the derrick-fork into the press-boxand the doors 8 and 4 closed'and'locked. Power from any "suitablesource, as a horse-power, engine, or

motor, is transmitted through suitable connections to sprocket-shaft 22to drive the chains in unison and operate. the followers. The latterenter successively the rear end of the press and traverse the inclosedspace and compress the charge within chamber 3. The completedcompression of the bale may be indicated by a suitable signal device, asa bell operated by a lever 23 extending into the path of the followers.-The follower is then stopped while the halo is being tied. Meanwhiledoors 8 are opened and a fresh charge of material delivered into the boxin readiness for a succeeding follower. As soon as the bale is tied door4 is unlocked, the follower-carrier started, the bale ejected, and thefollower returned to the rearend of the press beneath the box.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,isg 1. The combination w' h a press-box, of a followernormally located exterior thereto and means for moving the follower intoand through the press-box thereby compressing and ejecting the bale.

' 2. The combination with a press-box having an open end, of a followernormally in ICO line with said end and exterior thereto, and means forcausing the follower to enter said end and traverse the press-box fromend to end and to emerge from the discharge end.

3. The combination with a press-box having a normally open end, of afollower exterior to the box in line with said end, a carrier connectedwith the follower and propelling the latter from end to end of the boxand returning it beneath said box to normal position, and means foroperating the carrier.

4. The combination with a press-box, of a follower normally exterior toone end of the box, an endless carrier connected with the follower andmoving the same through the box from end to end and returning saidfollower to normal position along the outside of the box, and means foroperating the carrier.

5. The combination in a baling-press, of a press-box and followerssupported upon endless carriers, traversing the press-box and returningexterior to said box, and means for operating the carriers.

6. The combination in a baling-press of a horizontally-disposedpress-box having a feedopening, a compression-chamber, a closuretherefor and followers normally exterior to the box and operable throughsaid press-box from end to end successively and always in the samedirection, and means for operating the followers.

7. The combination in a baling-press, of a press-box, followers movabletherethrough, the ends of said followers protruding through the sides ofthe box, endless carriers to which said protruding ends are secured andby which the followers are carried through and returned beneath the box,and means for operating the carriers.

8. The combination in a baling-press of a horizontally-disposedpress-box open at one end and having abaling-chamber at the other, aclosure for said chamber, said box having a feed-opening at the top, aclosure therefor, a follower normally exterior to and in line with saidopen end and movable through said box from end to end, and meansincluding an endless carrier for operating said follower.

9. The combination in a baling-press, of a horizontally-disposedpress-box havinga baling-chamber, a feed-opening and a dischargeopening,closures for said openings, theclosure for said dischargeopeningcomprising a door hinged at the top and carrying verticallydisposedpivoted levers, and rigid keepers upon the press-box frame engaging theends of said levers to lock the door, followers operating through saidbox, endless connections for the same and means for imparting movementto said connections.

10. The combination in a baling-press, of a horizontal press-box havinga compressionchamber at one end and a feed-chamber at the other, afollower operable therein, means for operating the follower, a closurefor said compression-chamber, said feed-chamberhaving a feed-opening atthe top, a closure for said opening, said closure comprising twooppositely-disposed doors, cross-bars secured to one of said doors, saidcross-bars having one end slotted to engage fixed vertical guides on thepress-frame and the other end extending across the top of the otherdoor, and means including the hinged straps 12 to lock said doors.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES E. IIARDIE.

Witnesses I-I. SILBERSTEIN, A. F. FISHER.

